Biochemistry

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Active transport requires ____ or an existing favorable ion gradient (an ion other than the solute being transported).

Active transport requires energy in the form of ATP or ____

In ____, the energy needed for the transport is derived directly from the breakdown of ATP .

In primary active transport, the energy needed for the transport is derived directly from ____.

____ harnesses the energy released by one particle going down its electrochemical gradient to drive a different particle up its gradient .

Secondary active transport harnesses the energy released by ____.

The term antiport is used during membrane transport when two particles flow in ____

The term ____ is used during membrane transport when two particles flow in opposite directions

The term symport is used during membrane transport when two particles flow in the ____

The term ____ is used during membrane transport when two particles flow in the same direction

____ is a method of engulfing material into the cells.

Pinocytosis is the ingestion of ____ via vesicles.

Phagocytosis is the ingestion of ____.

____ is the process by which the contents of a cell vacuole are released to the exterior.

Membrane potential is maintained by the ____.

____ potential is maintained by the Na + /K + pump and by leak channels.

The resting potential of most cells is between ____ mV

The ____ of most cells is between -40 and -80 mV

The Nernst equation is used to calculate ____ conditions.

The ____equation is used to calculate cell potential in non-standard conditions.

The outer mitochondrial membrane is highly permeable to ____.

The ____ mitochondrial membrane is highly permeable to metabolic molecules and small proteins.

The ____ mitochondrial membrane surrounds the mitochondrial matrix , where the citric acid cycle produces electrons used in the ETC.

The inner mitochondrial membrane surrounds the ____, where the citric acid cycle produces electrons used in the ETC.

The inner mitochondrial membrane surrounds the mitochondrial matrix , where the citric acid cycle produces ____ used in the ETC.

____ are transport proteins that move glucose across the cell membrane

GLUT-2 is found in the ____

GLUT-4 is found in a____

____ is process in which one glucose molecule is broken down to form two molecules of pyruvic acid

Glycolysis is process in which ____

Metabolic Pathways Overview

____ converts pyruvate to glucose,

____ converts glycogen to glucose

The 3 compounds that pyruvate will convert to are ____

When pyruvate converts to acetaldehyde , the next step converts acetaldehyde to ____

The protein complex that performs pyruvate decarboxylation and converts pyruvate to acetyl-CoA is ____

The protein complex that performs ____ is pyruvate dehydrogenase complex

When pyruvate undergoes pyruvate decarboxylation , it is converted to ____.

When pyruvate undergoes ____, it is converted to Acetyl-CoA.

Acetyl-CoA feeds into the following two processes: ____

The process that converts acetyl-CoA to a fatty acid is ____.

The process that converts ____ is fatty acid synthesis.

The process that converts fatty acid to Acetyl-CoA is ____

The process that converts ____ is β-Oxidation

Amino acids undergo degradation and send ____ to the urea cycle.

Amino acids undergo ____ and send NH 3 to the urea cycle.

Amino acids undergo degradation and send NH 3 to the ____ cycle.

The citric acid cycle sends electrons to the ____.

The citric acid cycle sends ____ to the electron transport chain.

The ____ sends electrons to the electron transport chain.

Glycolysis is the process in which one glucose molecule is broken down to form ____

Glucose has ____ carbons

The three major regulatory enzymes in glycolysis are: ____

The above reaction is from glycolysis. The enzyme that catalyzes this reaction is ____.

The above reaction is from glycolysis. The enzyme that catalyzes this reaction is ____.

The above reaction is from glycolysis. The enzyme that catalyzes this reaction ____.

The above reaction is from glycolysis. The enzyme that catalyzes this reaction is ____.

The above reaction is from glycolysis. The enzyme that catalyzes this reaction is ____.

The above reaction is from glycolysis. The enzyme that catalyzes this reaction is ____.

The above reaction is from glycolysis. The enzyme that catalyzes this reaction is ____.

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